curious directive: Black Sheep

Name: curious directive: Black Sheep
Start: 2025-10-21T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Lowry

A curious directive production, developed with the support of the National Theatre Generate Programme.

Tue 21 Oct 2025 7:30PM

Tue 21 Oct 2025

7:30PM

Aldridge Studio

Past event

It’s Easter weekend on the Carter family’s farm.

In the fields, the soil is dying.

In the shed, lambing season is in full swing.

In the village church, a secret love is blooming.

In the front seats of a rusty transit van, a brutal revenge is plotted.

And around the kitchen table, the extended Carter family struggle to face the future.

Black Sheep is a contemporary psalm about rural life, a razor-sharp account of the dilemmas facing generations of farming families.

Reviews

‘Super theatre with all synapses firing’ – The Guardian

‘curious directive are theatre pioneers’ – The Daily Telegraph

curious directive is a critically-acclaimed theatre company based in Norwich who make emotionally charged, science-led theatre. Black Sheep was devised in collaboration with 12 Norfolk Farmers and developed from a sold-out run of showings at the company's home venue in 2024.

A curious directive production, developed with the support of the National Theatre Generate Programme.